RimaTe Wiata
- Actor
Stage and screen veteran Rima Te Wiata has showcased her talents as an actor (Hunt for the Wilderpeople, Housebound, The Tender Trap), impersonator (More Issues), and singer (Little Shop of Horrors) — sometimes all at the same time. In 2017 Te Wiata was awarded a New Zealand Order of Merit, for her work in film and television.
Biography
Performance runs in Heather Rima Te Wiata's blood. Her father was famed actor and opera singer Inia Te Wiata (Ngāti Raukawa), and her mother is actor/singer Beryl Te Wiata (née McMillan). Born in London, Rima often found herself living out of a suitcase with her parents — until she landed with a thump in Auckland at age eight, after Inia's death.
Screenography
Awards
2021 New Zealand Television Awards
Best Actress: for The Tender Trap
2017 Rialto Channel New Zealand Film Awards (The Moas)
Best Supporting Actress: for Hunt for the Wilderpeople
“Rima has a million ideas a second and any one of them is worth a million bucks. She has amazing instincts and produced exactly what was required, with immaculate timing.”